Terahertz radiation from bacteriorhodopsin reveals correlated primary electron and proton transfer processes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6888-6893

  Groma, G I ^a   Hebling, J ^b,f   Kozma, I Z ^c,e   Varo G ^a   Hauer, J ^c   Kuhl, J ^d   Riedle, E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f MENLO SYSTEMS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherent terahertz emission; Excited state kinetics; Nonlinear spectroscopy; Sudden polarization; Ultrafast charge separation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; PROTON PUMP; RETINAL; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONVERSION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; KINETICS; OPTICS; RADIATION; TIME;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; KINETICS; OPTICS; PROTON PUMPS; PROTONS; RADIATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44349087160     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706336105     Document Type: Article

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